Houston panchang, 9 April 2026
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 19:43 Moonrise 02:04 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:02 to 19:43- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:02 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:12 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:11
- 07:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 10:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:50 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:43 to 07:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:43 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 10:50
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 00:58 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 07:28
- Karana Bava until 10:50, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 10:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:11
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:31 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:43 – 21:59
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:02 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:37 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:12 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Char | 11:47 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:33 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:08 – 19:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:43 – 21:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:08 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:01 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 05:54 Aquarius
- 05:54 – 07:18 Pisces
- 07:18 – 08:52 Aries
- 08:52 – 10:47 Taurus
- 10:47 – 13:02 Gemini
- 13:02 – 15:23 Cancer
- 15:23 – 17:42 Leo
- 17:42 – 19:59 Virgo
- 19:59 – 22:20 Libra
- 22:20 – 00:39 next day Scorpio
- 00:39 – 02:43 next day Sagittarius
- 02:43 – 04:24 next day Capricorn
- 04:24 – 05:50 next day Aquarius
- 05:50 – 07:01 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CDT (UTC-5) · Method